Climbing on Kalymnos

The Island of Kalymnos during the last 15 years has established itself as one of the world’s top sport - climbing holiday destinations.

The Kalymnian landscape is rocky, with rock faces of unique quality for sport climbing, easy accessible within a few minutes walking time from most of the islands settlements and motorways, offering breathtaking views with the endless blue of the Aegean Sea.Today the island has almost 2500 well equipped sport climbing routes for all climbing levels from easy routes for beginners to extremely hard ones for the experts. The island features a series of easy slabs, technical wall climbs, wild overhanging and climbs between stalactites. The majority of the routes are single pitch but several multipitch routes are available as well. Climbing instructors on the island offer climbing lessons and guiding.

Not to miss the annual Kalymnos Climbing Festival.The specific event has already taken place the years mentioned below:

2000

2004

2006

2009

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

It is worth mentioning that some of the previous festivals were sponsored/coorganized by companies such as The North Face and Petzl.

Kalymnos Climbing Festival 2017 will take place from October 6 to 8, 2017. Click below for more info.

It is important that in Kalymnos there is a Rescue Team which can aid in any accident concerning climbing or other activities that take place on land and in rough areas that medical care cannot reach easily, as in trekking paths around the island. To learn more about the Kalymnos Rescue Team, click here.

Also, on March 2015, Kalymnos created “Systas”, the first tourism institution, represented by all the business sectors and clubs of tourism, involved in the development of a natural environment, culture and outdoor activities. Systas ensures stable source of funding to serve its purpose, which is primarily the maintenance of climbing areas, strengthening of the work of the Rescue Team, etc.Click here to learn more about Systas.